This week I have mostly been planning dressing up, dressing up and planning more dressing up. I had a hot date with some spray mount, a tub of glitter and some high gloss varnish on Saturday and my newly gold ukulele accompanied me as a prop for yesterday’s photoshoot...

Isn’t it beyootiful? So, the album is done done done so now it’s on to video treatment writing, website making, photo planning, costume designing busyness – this was yesterday: Lots and lots of electric blue tulle plus the expertise of the lovely Maradoll equals one outfit almost ready. Mister B helped of course: Oh,...

With just one more studio day remaining to complete my album ready for mastering it’s time to turn my attention to visuals. There’s a lot to be done: photos, website, video content…all, for me, just as exciting and important as the music – more ways to tell stories. I...

Just a quickie while I eagerly await a delivery of Thai food, which will hopefully blast this cough and cold out of the water once and for all after a miserable fortnight. I have an IBC gig tomorrow night and I’d like to be able to sing without too...

After a productive writing session today I have finished the last song for the album, “Olympian”, which brings the running time to around 44 minutes. Phew! Everything else is recorded apart from that plus a couple of cheeky B-sides I’m planning, so it shouldn’t be long until I...

No studio for me today, which feels weird after such long hours spent there in the last few weeks. Myles is mixing “Slow Puncture” and “Ghosts & Shadows” while I try and catch up on a pile of video work that’s been languishing on my home computer while I’ve...

Sounds become numbers. Songs in a list. 12 days done, 3 to go. 8 songs recorded and mixed, 2 more to record music for, 4 more to sing on. 1 set of lyrics to complete…eek. 3 lovely friends donated handclaps to “Like Liars” last Thursday (1 of whom...